Sunday, September 4, 2011

Rockman 4 Coming To US PlayStation Store This Week

Joining the ever-growing library of PlayStation Network PSone Imports is none other than the Complete Works version of Rockman 4. The official PlayStation blog reports the game will launch on Tuesday, September 6 in North America. Product summary below:

"For a year the city has been quiet, but a new robotic terror has gripped the city. That scheming scientist Dr. Cossack has arrived in town with eight new metal maniacs who are bigger and badder than anything Dr. Wily ever dreamed of.

It’s going to be a cybernetic showdown as the streets of the city erupt with the sizzling sounds of molten metal! Armed with the new Mega Buster, Mega Man runs, jumps and dodges his way through mazes of metallic munchkins on his way to the Siberian citadel of Dr. Cossack for the findl cataclysmic clash!"

As usual, the game will remain in its native Japanese language. That shouldn't be too much a problem gameplay wise, but navigating those in-game menus may prove difficult for some. For those folks, I recommend checking out Rockman Perfect Memories' Mode Select Guide. Great source to get you to your destination in a jiffy!

Rockman 4 is expected to retail for $5.99. If I'm not mistaken, PlayStation Plus members can snag the game at a bit of a discount, although those details were not disclosed.

I... I know I should probably be excited for something like this, but the original Rockman series... is easily my least favorite. Heck, I've not even beat RM9 yet...

Eh, I dunno. Maybe if we got some enhanced ports or something it'd look like they were considering reinvesting into the franchise, but right now... it's just making cash on old titles that don't appeal to me at least... and in this case not even translating them....

At the same time, though... I kind of wonder - maybe they can't bring over the localized version? I mean, not in the single-game only format, at least... did RM4 ever get a release outside of the NES? Maybe it's a matter of being platformed locked or something, dunno...

Well, to close this rant I guess... This is great for the fans of the original series, I guess, but... I'd still like to see something new, you know? Everything new so far has been canceled... something like this just... it really isn't enough to raise my faith after what's happened...

a port... of a port... hmm... why does this seem... familliar? OH! that's right! phoenix wright! and let's not forget the shooting star rockman port from GBA to DS! wait, whatever happened to the aniversary collection? oh yeah! releasing the games individualy prints money! thanks again portcom! take that money and wipe your butts with it!

An enhanced port for the PS1, not for the PS3. This is nothing more than a re-release of an old, already existing game, as I had said before. After all, it's a PS1 import. As in, unchanged in over ten years - to qualify now as an enhanced port, it'd have to be enhanced for a current gen console.

This is nothing new. It's just a game they made long ago and released in japan. They throw it our way, don't bother even translating it, and hope we buy it.